A teenage girl has been charged with murder after police said she admitted to killing the baby after giving birth Wednesday.

Details in the case are slowly being released by police as the investigation continues.

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Police said Wednesday morning that the teen killed her newborn baby on Abraham Flexner Way at Jewish Hospital, while visiting her grandmother at the hospital.

Police received a tip after, they said, someone called 911, telling dispatchers a teenager had given birth and killed the baby.

According to the arrest slip, police said the teenager admitted to smothering the newborn to death, putting the baby in her purse, and getting rid of evidence.

The teenager is charged with murder, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse.

She could be charged as an adult, and if she is, the Commonwealth's attorney would prosecute the case in circuit court.

"Typically we are consulted on serious cases, and since this case involves a death, it is a serious case. We will be consulted in that decision on whether it does go up," Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Jeff Cooke said.

He said as far as he knows, they have not been consulted yet.

Cooke said it can take time to make the final decision to charge someone younger than 18 as an adult.

"It depends how extensive the investigation is. You know, there could be autopsies, there could be all kinds of other scientific tests that take place. Sometimes those results are not immediate, so that's going to be an important fact to have before they can make that determination,” he said.

Police said they are not sure if the teenager knew she was pregnant.

She was treated in a hospital after police found the baby and is now at the Jefferson County Youth Detention Center

Police have confirmed the baby's body was wrapped in laundry.

The final decision on whether or not to charge the teen as an adult could take as long as a month.

According to police, the baby was killed around 5 a.m. Wednesday.

They said the baby appeared to be full term, but they are still waiting for test results from the medical examiner.